Love for a Child — Jason Mraz
Chords and lyrics for Love for a Child by Jason Mraz (key of Bm).
Verse 1
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
Intro
[A]
Verse
There's a [A]picture on my kitchen wall
Looks like [C#m]Jesus and his friends involved
There's a [F#]party getting started in the [Bm]yard
There's a [Bm]couple getting [Dm]steamy in the [A]car parked[C#m] in the [F#m]drive
Was[Bm] I too young to see this with my [Esus4]eyes?[E]
Verse 2
By the [A]pool last night, apparently
The [C#m]chemicals weren't mixed properly
You [F#]hit your head and then forgot your [Bm]name
And then you [Bm]woke up at the [Dm]bottom by the [A][C#m]drain[F#m]
And now your [Bm]altitude and memory's a [Esus4]shame[E]
Chorus
[A] What about [Bm7]taking this [C#m7]empty cup and [Bm7]filling it up
With a [A]little bit more of some [Bm7]innocence
I [C#m7]haven't had enough, it's [Bm7]probably because when you're [A]young
It's [C#7]okay to be [D]easily [Dm7]ignored
Dm7 (D E F-walk-up notes on the A string)
I like to believe it was all about
love for a [A]child
Verse 3
And when the house was left in [C#m]shambles
Who was there to [F#]handle all the broken bits of [Bm]glass
Was it [Bm]mom who put my [Dm]dad out on his [A]ass or the [C#m]other way [F#m]around
Well I'm [Bm]far too old to care about that [Esus4]now[E]
Chorus
[A] What about [Bm7]taking this [C#m7]empty cup and [Bm7]filling it up
With a [A]little bit more of [Bm7]innocence
I [C#m7]haven't had enough, it's [Bm7]probably because when you're [A]young
It's [C#7]okay to be [D]easily [Dm7]ignored
Dm7 (D E F-walk-up notes on the A string)
I'd like to believe it was all about
love for a [A]child
Verse 4
[G] It's kinda [Bm]nice to work the [A]floor since the [C#m]divorce
I've been [G]enjoying both my [Bm]Christmases and my birthday [A]cakes
And [G]taking drugs and [Bm]making love at [A]far too young an[C#m] age
and they [G]never check to see my grades
What a [E]fool I'd be to start [E/G#]complaining [A]now
Chorus
[A] What about [Bm7]taking this [C#m7]empty cup and [Bm7]filling it up
With a [A]little bit more of [Bm7]innocence
I [C#m7]haven't had enough, it's [Bm7]probably because when you're [A]young
It's [C#7]okay to be [D]easily [Dm7]ignored
Dm7 (D E F-walk-up notes on the A string)
I'd love to believe it's all about
love for a [A]child
Outro
(D E F-walk-up notes on the A string) A
It was all about love...
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